Depending of who sent the gift, they may have included a gift note. If so, I believe that it prints on the packing slip, so you may want to check there.

On a totally separate note, it is amazing how the lighting effects have evolved over time as the strip has progressed. Is it improvements in software, improvements in technique, changes to models, or a bit of all of the above?

Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into Dreamland – while I mainly lurk I greatly enjoy the end results of your creativity.

So… I guess Kiwi watches a lot of HGTV, then. 😛 J/k
I can just see it now– a TV show starring the spunky little fairy, as she helps people with their home decorating problems. I’d watch that, actually.

I hate to gripe but I just have to say it… the black eyebrows on the blond fairy looks wrong. Looks like she colored her hair and forgot to lighten her eyebrows to match. Being a blond myself I can tell you my eyebrows are not black, but light brown/dark blond. Either that or she went wild with mascara…

But echo everyone else, the lighting is great! And the armor is so shiny… ooooh shiny…

AuroraMoon – LOL! I could see that as well, though I think it would be on TLC instead of HGTV and perhaps Paddington on Dancing with the Stars!

I get the impression that Kiwi wouldn’t *watch* a home decorating show but I can see her presenting one. She strikes me as too opinionated, too active and too impatient, to sit through somebody else’s hour long opinion on how things should be done.

If you are going to BaltiCon in October, then what of DragonCon in September? That is just around corner from you in TN. Well, much closer than Baltimore is, anyway.

As for the gift, someone can buy it and have it shipped directly to the recipient, and no return addy other than the merchant will appear. I do this sometimes with family members, so I hope that someone steps up and lets you know that they were the gift-giver.

BTW, TDC has now slipped to 12th in the TopWebComic list, but fear not! A new month will be dawning shortly, and we can put Scott on top if EVERYONE votes. Counters get reset on the 1st of every month. Remember, tho’, it takes resolve to keep Scott there.

If you check back in the story, Kiwi has light eyebrows as a young fairy, but all of the others except Paddington have black or dark…including Alex. And you’re just noticing Kiwi’s?

Oh hey! I’ve read that one! *points at depicted comic book* Picked it out at our library, it was really good. ^^ (Hard to find good comics at my library sometimes.) Do you know if a second one has come out yet? I’m really curious to read more.

Btw, I love how Kiwi’s sparkles are in the shape of butterflies. Tryna figure out how I never noticed that before. XD Keep up the awesome work on the comic, Scott!

Alex: “You’re redecorating the centaur tent?”
Kiwi: “Well the artist is adding new render elements into the comic, like the reflectivity on your armor and new particle effects for my wings! I’m helping them make the backgrounds more aesthetically pleasing!”
Paddington: “Hey, check it out! New bump maps!”
Felicity: “I have particle effect fur!”
Nastajia: “And I’m…glowing in the dark?”

@ Silverwolf LOL XD!
Wow, I never thought that Kiwi would redecorate, that’s really cool! I love the glow-stick purple armor as well *stares*. I want to see the rest of the characters now! I guess I’ll just have to wait it out :(.

Alex: “My armour… It’s…”
Kiwi: “Shiny? Yeah… Cool, isn’t it?”
Alex: “But how can something suddenly take on a shine…”
Kiwi: “Alex, I know that you live in a world without any visible magic, but consider this- Dreamland is MADE of the freaking stuff. You don’t ask questions when something bizarre happens that affects you so minimally. That way, we avoid the [whispers] plot holes [/whispers]”
Alex: “And anyway, how could Paddington exist? He’s made of sentient rock? How is that possible?”
Kiwi: “Don’t go there!”
Alex: “And you! Your wings are much too small to carry your bodymass, let alone mine as well…”
Kiwi: “Alex! Stop it!”
Alex: And what’s with the constant sparkles off you? Surely that takes a lot of energy, but I’ve never seen you eat… EVER!”